Alaska · Census place 0233470

Hooper Bay, Alaska

Hooper Bay is a city in Kusilvak, Alaska with an estimated 1,299 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,299
#25 of 26 in Alaska
Change since 2020
-5.5%
-76 people
Land area
7.5 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
173 / sq mi
State median 445
Orange pin: Hooper Bay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Juneau.

Hooper Bay population, 2020 to 2024

Hooper Bay lost 76 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.5%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

1,37520201,37220211,34320221,30620231,2992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,374. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hooper Bay covers 7.50 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 173 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Hooper Bay is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hooper Bay is in

All of Hooper Bay's residents live in Kusilvak, which had 7,946 residents in 2024. Hooper Bay holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hooper Bay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hooper Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99604. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hooper Bay is

The Census internal point of Hooper Bay is at 61.509200, -166.111500. Juneau, the capital, is 1,108.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethel, AK (6,335 people), 152.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 556.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
61.509200, -166.111500
DMS
61°30'33.12"N 166°06'41.40"W
UTM
3N 440850.3E 6820010.8N
Geohash
b6cvuj3m1
Plus code
92HMGV5Q+MC

Daylight in Hooper Bay

At 61.51° N, Hooper Bay gets about 19 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 5 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 14 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hooper Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethel, 152.1 miles away, with 6,335 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hooper Bay, AK?

1,299 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 76 (5.5%) from 1,375 in July 2020.

What county is Hooper Bay in?

Kusilvak. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hooper Bay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99604.

How far is Hooper Bay from Juneau?

1,108.4 miles (1,783.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Hooper Bay.

What is the nearest larger city to Hooper Bay?

Bethel, AK, with 6,335 residents, 152.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.